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55. Jacob Albright (Married Sarah "Sally" Albright (56) 18 October 1819 in Orange County, North Carolina according to the North Carolina Marriage Bonds 1741-1868; the bondsman & Witness was Daniel Rankin according to Ancestry.com )

Born: 13 July 1791 of Daniel A. Albright (Albrecht) (109) & Catharine "Katie" "Katy" Loy (110).

Died: 5 May 1847. (According to Buffalo Presbyterian Church and Cemetery Greensboro, North Carolina, compiled by Raymond Dufau Donnell, 1996 p. 3, Jacob’s stone is imbedded in the rear wall of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church. His gravesite was verified during a visit to the cemetery on 29 September 2005 by Susan Snyder (#2) and her cousins Sandra Henson and Mary Lu Finch.)

[His siblings included:

George Albright (Married: Martha Patsy Albright) Born: 21 August 1793 Died: 1868 (Son, James W., wrote history of Greensboro).;

William Albright (Married: Elizabeth Ballinger) Born: 1798 Died: 1873;

Sophia Albright (Married: Daniel Flat Rock Albright of Orange County, N. C. Daniel is buried at St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery in Burlington, N. C. His stone reads "In Memory of Daniel Albright Born June 20 1792; Died Nov. 10 1846 Aged 54 years 4 Months and 21 Days") Born: 3 October 1796 Died: 22 October 1878 Sophia is also buried at St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery. Her stone reads "Sophia Wife of Daniel Albright Born Oct. 3, 1796 Died Oct 22, 1878 Aged 82 Yrs. 19 Dy's Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." This information was obtained on a trip to the cemetery 19 September 2005.;

Daniel Albright (Married: Amelia Milla Millie Holt) Born: 1802. Died: 1887 in Clay County, MO;

Henry Albright (Married: Rebecca Hodgin, Letty Foust; Letty is buried at Brick United Church of Christ Cemetery in Guilford County, N.C., according to The Guilford Genealogist, published by The Guilford County Genealogical Society of N. C. Spring 1996, Vol. 23, No. 2, Number 73 p. 64. Born: 1804. Died: 1850 "Out West";

Lewis Albright (Married: Elizabeth Albright) Born: 10 July 1816. Died: 23 March 1860 in Alamance County, N. C.;

Elias Albright (Married: Tempe Hobbs, Mary Pollie Woodburn) (Married Mary Woodburn, Marriage bond dated 12 October 1831) (He married Elizabeth ? who was born 13 July 1803 and died 30 August 1880 and Elizabeth Hobbs who died in 1873. Source: "Brick United Church of Christ Cemetery records", The Guilford Genealogist, Published by the Guilford County Genealogical Society of N.C.,Vol 23, No.2, Spring 1996, p 81.) Born: About 1805. Died: Feb. 1862-1863. He is buried with his wives (Elizabeth ? and Elizabeth Hobbs) at Brick United Church of Christ Cemetery in Guilford County, N.C., according to The Guilford Genealogist, Published by The Guilford County Genealogical Society of N. C. Spring 1996, Vol. 23, No. 2, Number 73 p. 81 ;

Joel Albright (Married: Catherine A. Holt) Born: 10 August 1813 in Gilpen Co. NC. Died: 1891]. (The source of the green information is e-mail from Maria Bruce 2005 (mBruce9681@aol.com)

[Note: Jacob's sister, Sophia, married Jacob's wife (Sarah's) brother, Daniel. Thus, a brother and a sister from one Albright family married a brother and sister from another Albright family. Jacob and Sarah were first cousins. They shared common grandparents Ludwick Albright (221) and Anna Maria Keller (222).]]

Miscellaneous: According to the North Carolina Federal Census Index there was a Jacob Albright living in Guilford County in 1820, two Jacob Albrights living there in 1830, and one living there in 1840. In 1850, there is a Jacob Albright listed for Alamance County. In Orange County there were four Jacob Albrights listed in the 1779 census (none of these could have been #55 since he wasn't born until 1791), two in 1800 , 4 in 1810, one in 1814, and two in 1820. This is all very confusing because #55 is Jacob Albright, Generation 8 John Ludwick (Ludwig) Albright 's (#111) brother was named Jacob Albright, and Generation 9 #197/217 was also Jacob Albright.

To further confuse the situation, county names have changed over the years. Guilford County was formed in 1771 from parts of Rowan and Orange counties. Alamance County was created adjacent to Guilford County from part of Orange County in 1849.

According to History of Buffalo Presbyterian Church And Her People, written by Rev. S. M. Rankin, 1934, p. 56, Jacob Albright, the oldest son of Daniel, is the one most closely associated with Buffalo (Church). The children of Jacob and Sarah were Elizabeth C., Rebecca J., Sarah P. (28), Daniel E., George W., Julia A. and William M. According to research done by Russell Leach, there was an additional child named May Caroline.

Left: Buffalo Presbyterian Church
Photo courtesy of Mary Ellis:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwellis/

 

In 1827 Jacob built the Buffalo Presbyterian Church for $ 2,400 plus old church building. (According to History of Buffalo Presbyterian Church And Her People, written by Rev. S. M. Rankin, 1934, p. 98, “At a congregational meeting, December 30, 1826, it appears that the committee had failed to secure enough money to pay for the erection of the new building as they had planned it, and the question was, ‘Will the congregation pledge itself for what may be necessary to finish the building.’ The pledge was made and the committee ordered to proceed. It was also decided to build a gallery across the south end, and to build a door in the east wall, and a stairway from that door leading to the gallery. It appears from this that the church walls were not yet erected on December 30th, 1826.

The contract was let to Jacob Albright, and he was to complete the new building in a neat and durable manner for the sum of $2,400 and the old church building. Mr. Albright employed Joseph Kirkpatrick to assist him with the building. The brick were made on a lot just west of the church. They were moulded by hand and well burnt, and a substantial building was erected.”)

Left: Jacob's tombstone in the outside wall of Buffalo Presbyterian Church. (GPS 36° 6.596 minutes N, 79° 46.78 minutes W). This picture was taken on 29 September 2005.

 

Erected
to the Memory of
JACOB ALBRIGHT.
Born
July 13th, 1791.
Died
May 5th 1847.

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